A Cherry Blossoms Floral Candle Workshop with Olga Kardonova

Step into a bright, creative space and enjoy a relaxing, hands-on candle-making experience inspired by the iconic cherry blossoms of Washington, D.C.

You’ll design a one-of-a-kind candle using a clean, white handcrafted concrete vessel and soft pink details inspired by blooming cherry trees. Guided throughout the process, you’ll explore fresh spring fragrances, pour your candle, and finish it with delicate wax elements that reflect the beauty of cherry blossom season.

No experience is needed, just come ready to unwind, connect, and create something beautiful.

Choose your signature scent

Explore a curated selection of luxury fragrance oils, with a focus on cherry blossom and complementary spring scents. Find the fragrance that captures the feeling of early spring.

Create and pour your candle base

Blend your chosen fragrance with soy wax and pour your candle into a handcrafted white concrete vessel as your piece takes shape.

Enjoy a creative pause

While your candle sets, relax and design a hand-colored floral card, perfect to keep or gift along with your candle

Discover floral wax decoration

Once your candle is ready, you’ll be guided through an elegant finishing technique. Choose from soft pink wax florals inspired by cherry blossom petals to create a design uniquely yours.

Take home your finished piece

Leave with a fully finished, one-of-a-kind cherry blossom candle: handcrafted by you and inspired by the DC Spring.

SHE:DC is a month-long event throughout March to illuminate, celebrate, and gather women in business. We will have events, workshops, and shopping opportunities allowing you to connect with women.

The SHE:DC art show is the largest women only art show in the DMV. This year we have a pop-up shop that will showcase emerging women-owned brands, and will be hosting events and activities throughout the month to celebrate women in creative spaces.

Olga Kardonova is an artist and maker who creates unique concrete candles and home décor. She transforms simple materials like cement and wax into beautiful, functional art-often painting her vessels by hand to add a personal, artistic touch.

Her work blends creativity with craftsmanship, bringing warmth and personality into everyday spaces. She finds joy in both sculpting and painting, using each piece as a way to express herself and share beauty with others. For her, art is about storytelling, self-expression, and making the world a little more inspiring-one handmade piece at a time.

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